Do anyone know if it's true that France have the most castles of all countries in Europe?

It may be true. There are tens of thousands of castles, but...

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Originally Posted by charpentier

We don't know precisely. It is said that there are between 35,000 and 45,000 castles, and even more with the ruins. Including 1,000 castles in the sole departement of Dordogne.Here is a map showing the location of 1,700 châteaux-forts, the fortified castles, by departement.

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Originally Posted by charpentier

I also heard 350 castles, I suppose that this figure refers to the castles classified as monuments historiques (heritage sites). In Wikipedia (French) are already listed 4,800 castles (excluding ruins)